Former Soldier Arrested After Forcing Her Child To Wear An Electric Dog Shock Collar

A former soldier is facing heat after what she forced her child to do in the name of “punishment.”

Lanna Monaghan, 34, is a veteran who told police that when reprimanding her child, she could “zone out” or go “out of control.”

Zoning out is an understatement. The mother is said to also have hit the boy so hard with a wooden spoon that it actually broke.

Additionally, she subjected him to cold showers and other forms of abuse, the worst of which is an electric dog shock collar.

Monaghan said she came up with the idea of a shock collar when she saw a pet owner with one. “If it works on a dog will it work on kids?” she’s quoted saying.

Electric shock collars are a controversial practice among pet owners.

They are used to control barking by giving a shock when vocal decibels exceed a certain level, using fear and pain to control animal instinct. This means that when tied around the child’s neck, it would deliver a brutal shock if he attempts to scream.

Monaghan admitted to forcibly placing the child in a cold shower while he kicked and screamed and she pled guilty to reportedly strapping an electric shock collar on his neck in July 2015.

The Army veteran additionally pled guilty to biting her son on the ear and repeatedly striking him with a wooden spoon.

The abuse continued for the duration of a 15-month period until a concerned neighbor finally contacted authorities in 2015.

In defense of her actions, Monaghan claimed the child “pushes my buttons, spitting on me, peeing on the floor and being sick on the floor.”

In an updated version of this story, it was revealed that Monaghan faces three years and four months in jail for using an electric shock collar.

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